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What is a scallop, an animal or a plant?

Mike Ehrmantraut
2020-09-26 03:08:43
The scallop is the mollusk phylum pearl oyster order scallop family animal, lives in the sea, is one kind of marine mollusk. They have a hard shell on the outside of their body. The shape of the shell is mostly fan-shaped or disc-shaped, which can be used to protect itself. They are widely distributed in the sea areas all over the world, and also in China. They are edible and have high nutritional value. They can also be cultured artificially and have certain economic value.
What is a scallop, an animal or a plant?

1. what is a scallop

Scallop is a very common animal, from the category point of view, scallop belongs to the mollusk phylum Pinctada order scallop family.It can be seen that scallops belong to a mollusk.As a mollusk, scallops also conform to the important characteristics of mollusks.Their outer body is a relatively hard shell, sometimes fan-shaped, sometimes disc-shaped, their shell has some radial ribs or concentric sheet carvings.

If scallops are classified according to their living environment, they can be classified as marine animals because they live in the ocean.From a worldwide perspective, scallops are widely distributed in all parts of the sea.Scallop is a kind of animal that can be cultured artificially, there are many cultured scallops in our country, and there are many cultured waters along the coast.From the depth of distribution, scallops are generally distributed in shallow waters, the depth of the distribution of waters is generally not more than 100 meters, only a small number of people live in slightly deeper water.

2. is the scallop an animal or a plant

As mentioned above, the scallop belongs to the mollusk phylum in terms of category, so it undoubtedly belongs to a kind of animal, not to it.Scallops are usually static in the water and seldom move, but they can not be considered as plants because of this.Scallop is a kind of very important crop in our country, which can be cultured artificially. Its economic value is relatively high, and the scope of culture is very wide.

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